Mixing iteration and read methods would lose data

>>> f = open(r'c:\Movie\test.txt')
>>> f.next()
'This is the first line\n'
>>> f.next()
' Second line\n'
>>> f.readline()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: Mixing iteration and read methods would lose data
>>> f.next()
' third line\n'
>>> f.seek(0)
>>> f.readline()
'This is the first line\n'
>>> f.readlines()
[' Second line\n', ' third line\n', ' end']